Trust Issues

{{Infobox song

| name = Trust Issues

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| type = song

| artist = Drake

| album = Care Package

| released = June 21, 2011

| label = * OVO

Harlem King{{efn|name=UK|In the United Kingdom.}}

| writer = * Aubrey Graham

| producer = * T-Minus

| genre = R&B

| length = 4:41

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| alt = A dark filtered image of Drake sitting in a chair and opening/closing a drink with friends beside him

| caption = Original 2011 OVO blog cover

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"Trust Issues" is a song recorded by Canadian rapper Drake. Originally released as a free download on June 21, 2011, it was released in tandem with his first compilation album Care Package on August 2, 2019, by OVO Sound. Musically, it is a slow, melodic R&B track that explores complexities of trust and loyalty. "Trust Issues" contains elements of "I'm on One".

It was written by Drake, Lil Wayne, DJ Khaled, Rick Ross, Nikhil Seetharam, N. Cobey and its producers T-Minus and Noah "40" Shebib. Commercially, it peaked at number 63 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart, number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and number 90 on the UK Streaming Chart. It was certified silver in the United Kingdom and platinum in Australia. The song was covered and remixed by several musicians, including Canadian singers the Weeknd and Justin Bieber.

Background and release

"Trust Issues" was one of the four tracks taken from Drake's 2011 studio album, Take Care, released via his October's Very Own blog as standalone cuts and were formerly unavailable on music streaming services. Written by Drake, Lil Wayne, DJ Khaled, Nikhil Seetharam, Rick Ross, N. Cobey and its producers T-Minus and Noah "40" Shebib, "Trust Issues" was originally released on June 21, 2011,{{Cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=June 21, 2011 |title=New Drake: "Trust Issues" |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/42925-new-drake-trust-issues/ |access-date=August 5, 2024 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US |archive-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804173205/https://pitchfork.com/news/42925-new-drake-trust-issues/ |url-status=live }} as a free download{{Cite web |date=June 21, 2011 |title=New Music: Drake - 'Trust Issues' |url=https://www.rap-up.com/2011/06/21/new-music-drake-trust-issues/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Rap-Up |language=en-US |archive-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804173209/https://www.rap-up.com/2011/06/21/new-music-drake-trust-issues/ |url-status=live }} to promote Take Care.{{Cite magazine |last=Shafer |first=Ellise |date=August 15, 2019 |title=Here Are the Lyrics to Drake's 'Trust Issues' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/lyrics/drake-trust-issues-lyrics-8527568/ |access-date=August 5, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806154451/https://www.billboard.com/music/lyrics/drake-trust-issues-lyrics-8527568/ |url-status=live }} In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Drake stated that "Headlines" and "Marvins Room" made the album cut, but "Trust Issues" and "Dreams Money Can Buy" did not, as they were reserved for the birthday edition.{{Cite magazine |last=Wete |first=Brad |date=December 19, 2019 |title=Drake talks about making his upcoming album, growing as a rapper, and finding a mentor in Stevie Wonder: An EW Q&A |url=https://ew.com/article/2011/08/30/drake-interview-take-care-preview/ |access-date=August 6, 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en |archive-date=January 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104084215/https://ew.com/article/2011/08/30/drake-interview-take-care-preview/ |url-status=live }}

On August 1, 2019, Drake took to Instagram to announce the release of his first compilation album, Care Package. "Trust Issues" was released in tandem with Care Package by OVO Sound on August 2, 2019, roughly six months after the re-release of Drake's breakout mixtape, So Far Gone (2009), and two days before his eighth annual OVO Fest held in Toronto.{{cite web |last=Espinoza |first=Joshua |date=August 1, 2019 |title=Drake Will Release a Project Full of 'Care Package' Songs |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/cmplxjoshua-espinoza/drake-care-package?jw_start=%7Bseek_to_second_number%7D |access-date=August 5, 2024 |website=Complex |archive-date=August 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240825203753/https://www.complex.com/music/a/cmplxjoshua-espinoza/drake-care-package?jw_start=%7Bseek_to_second_number%7D |url-status=live }} According to the British Phonographic Industry and the Official Charts Company, "Trust Issues" was released in the United Kingdom on June 8, 2014, by Harlem King Entertainment.{{efn|name=UK}}

Music and lyrics

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"Trust Issues" is 4 minutes and 41 seconds long.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/za/album/trust-issues/1475177816?i=1475177820&ls|title='Trust Issues' — song by Drake|access-date=August 6, 2024|website=Apple Music|archive-date=August 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806082509/https://music.apple.com/za/album/trust-issues/1475177816?i=1475177820&ls|url-status=live}} It is the fourth song on Care Package and it was produced, mixed and mastered by Noah Shebib, as well as guitars played by Adrian Eccleston. The song contains a smooth and down tempo sample from "I'm on One".

"Trust Issues" is an R&B song that examines the suffering and ambiguity that result from negotiating the complexities of interpersonal relationships.{{cite web|url=https://singersroom.com/content/2011-06-21/drake-trust-issues/|title=Drake – Trust Issues|access-date=August 6, 2024|date=April 15, 2024|website=Singersroom|archive-date=March 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326023253/https://singersroom.com/content/2011-06-21/drake-trust-issues/|url-status=live}} Chris Coplan of Consequence described it as "half confessional, half ode to drank",{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2011/06/check-out-drake-trust-issues/|website=Consequence|first=Chris|last=Coplan|title=Check Out: Drake – "Trust Issues"|date=June 21, 2011|access-date=August 6, 2024|archive-date=August 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804173210/https://consequence.net/2011/06/check-out-drake-trust-issues/|url-status=live}} and Singersroom described stated that it intensifies to a powerful conclusion as Drake's vocals soar above the energetic arrangement. Writing for The Edge, George Townsend wrote that "Trust Issues" is a slow, melodic, atmospheric track on which Drake's likeness to the Weeknd is undoubted.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theedgesusu.co.uk/records/albums/2019/08/14/review-drake-care-package/|website=The Edge|publisher=University of Southampton Students' Union|title=Review: Drake – 'Care Package'|date=August 24, 2019|access-date=August 7, 2024|archive-date=August 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807195206/https://theedgesusu.co.uk/records/albums/2019/08/14/review-drake-care-package/|url-status=live}} Opening with interpolation from "I'm on One", Drake is heard singing "All I care about is money and the city that I'm from",{{cite web|url=https://earmilk.com/2011/06/21/drake-trust-issues/|website=Earmilk|first=Montrey|last=Whittaker|title=Drake – "Trust Issues"|date=June 21, 2011|access-date=August 6, 2024|archive-date=August 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804173206/https://earmilk.com/2011/06/21/drake-trust-issues/|url-status=live}} echoing his own hook.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/drake-care-package/|title=Drake: Care Package|work=Pitchfork|last=Goble|first=Corban|date=August 6, 2019|access-date=August 12, 2019|archive-date=August 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822122825/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/drake-care-package/|url-status=live}} He tells a story on how his loved ones turned against him and betrayed him, leading him to down his problems with liquor,{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/drake-10-tracks-from-care-package-that-take-us-down-memory-lane-2535301|website=NME|first=Kyann-Sian|last=Williams|title=10 tracks from Drake's 'Care Package' that took us down memory lane|date=August 6, 2011|access-date=August 6, 2024|archive-date=August 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804173205/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/drake-10-tracks-from-care-package-that-take-us-down-memory-lane-2535301|url-status=live}} purple lean to be specific, and he then questions the loyalty of people around him.{{Cite magazine |last=Gracie |first=Bianca |date=2019-08-02 |title=Drake's 'Care Package': Ranking All The Songs Based on Their Emotional Baggage |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/drake-care-package-song-ranking-8525951/ |access-date=2024-08-07 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=August 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807183946/https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/drake-care-package-song-ranking-8525951/ |url-status=live }}

Chart performance

In the United States, "Trust Issues" entered and peaked at number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the chart dated August 17, 2019.{{Cite magazine |last= |date=January 2, 2013 |title=Billboard Hot 100™ {{!}} August 17, 2019 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2019-08-17/ |access-date=August 6, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=December 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208201308/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2019-08-17/ |url-status=live }} It went on to peak at number 22 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and number 16 on the Rolling Stone Top 100 charts. In his native Canada, the song peaked at number 63 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart. In the United Kingdom, it peaked at number 35 on the UK R&B Chart, and number 90 on the UK Streaming Chart. "Trust Issues" was awarded silver certification in the United Kingdom by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), and platinum certification in Australia by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).

Other versions

Four days after Drake released "Trust Issues" on his October's Very Own blog, a remix by Canadian singer the Weeknd was posted on the same blog on June 25, 2011.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/42990-listen-the-weeknd-remix-drakes-trust-issues/|title=Listen: The Weeknd Remix Drake's "Trust Issues"|access-date=August 7, 2024|date=June 25, 2011|website=Pitchfork|first=Amy|last=Phillips|archive-date=August 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804173205/https://pitchfork.com/news/42990-listen-the-weeknd-remix-drakes-trust-issues/|url-status=live}} On June 29, 2011, a mashup by Gizzle was posted on the OVO blog; a blending of Drake's version and the Weeknd's version of "Trust Issues".{{cite web |last=DJ |first=Ill Will |date=November 22, 2022 |title=Trust Issues (Gizzle Mashup) |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/530036-drake-trust-issues-gizzle-mashup-song |access-date=August 7, 2024 |website=HotNewHipHop |archive-date=August 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807181036/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/530036-drake-trust-issues-gizzle-mashup-song |url-status=live }} Later that year on August 28, Canadian singer Justin Bieber released his cover version of the song,{{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/hiphop/drake-ft-justin-bieber-trust-issues-remix/|title=Drake ft. Justin Bieber – Trust Issues Remix|website=Uproxx|access-date=August 7, 2024|date=August 28, 2011|archive-date=August 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807181037/https://uproxx.com/hiphop/drake-ft-justin-bieber-trust-issues-remix/|url-status=live}} but intentionally left out the profanity as he was 17 years old at that time.{{cite web|url=https://torontolife.com/culture/justin-bieber-drake-trust-issues/|title=Justin Bieber follows The Weeknd's lead and remixes Drake's "Trust Issues"|access-date=August 7, 2024|date=August 29, 2011|website=Toronto Life|first=Kevin|last=Naulls|archive-date=August 25, 2024|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20240825200813/https://torontolife.com/culture/justin-bieber-drake-trust-issues/|url-status=live}}

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|title=Care Package|others=Drake|year=2019|author=OVO Sound}}

Aubrey Drake Graham – vocals, songwriter
Adrian Eccleston – guitar
William Roberts – songwriter
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. – songwriter
N. Cobey – songwriter
DJ Khaled – songwriter
Tyler Williams – songwriter
Nikhil Seetharam – songwriter
Noah Shebib – producer, songwriter
T-Minus – producer

Charts

scope="row"\| US Rolling Stone Top 100{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/charts/songs/2019-08-02/\|title=Top 100 Songs\|magazine=Rolling Stone\|date=August 2, 2019\|access-date=January 8, 2020\|archive-date=January 3, 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103004832/https://www.rollingstone.com/charts/songs/2019-08-02/\|url-status=dead}} \| 16
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{{single chart\|Canada\|63\|artist=Drake\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 13, 2019\|refname=CAN}}
{{single chart\|UKrandb\|35\|date=20190809\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 10, 2019\|refname=UKRNB}}
{{single chart\|UKstreaming\|90\|date=20190809\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 13, 2019\|refname=UKSTREAM}}
{{single chart\|Billboardhot100\|58\|artist=Drake\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 13, 2019\|refname=HOT100}}
{{single chart\|Billboardrandbhiphop\|22\|artist=Drake\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 13, 2019\|refname=BBRNBHH}}

Certifications

{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Trust Issues"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|certyear=2024|award=Platinum|access-date=June 22, 2024|refname=ARIA}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|source=radioscope|type=single|artist=Drake|title=Teenage Fever|award=Platinum|number=1|relyear=2017|certyear=2024|access-date=January 1, 2024|refname=NZcert}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Drake|title=Trust Issues|award=Silver|relyear=2014|certyear=2023|id=17261-2363-1|access-date=August 6, 2024|refname=BPI}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true | noshipments=true | streaming=true}}

Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" \|+ Release history for "Trust Issues" ! scope="col" \| Region ! scope="col" \| Date ! scope="col" \| Format ! scope="col" \| Label ! scope="col" \| {{abbr\|Ref.\|Reference}}
scope="row" \| Various \| June 21, 2011{{efn\|Released as promotional single.}} \| Free download \| OVO \| align="center" \|
scope="row" \| United Kingdom \| June 8, 2014 \| rowspan="2" \| {{hlist\|Digital download\|streaming}} \| Harlem King \| align="center" \|
scope="row" \| Various \| August 2, 2019 \| OVO \| align="center" \|

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|+ Release history for "Trust Issues"

! scope="col" | Region

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Format

! scope="col" | Label

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scope="row" | Various

| June 21, 2011{{efn|Released as promotional single.}}

| Free download

| OVO

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scope="row" | United Kingdom

| June 8, 2014

| rowspan="2" | {{hlist|Digital download|streaming}}

| Harlem King

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scope="row" | Various

| August 2, 2019

| OVO

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Explanatory notes

References

External links

{{YouTube|vMGpBAOD2CI|"Trust Issues" (audio)}}
[https://www.billboard.com/music/lyrics/drake-trust-issues-lyrics-8527568/amp/ "Trust Issues" (lyrics)] on Billboard
{{YouTube|YVCV6hyv7ac|"Trust Issues" (the Weeknd remix)}}

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Category:Songs written by Rick Ross

Category:Songs written by 40 (record producer)

Category:Songs written by T-Minus (producer)

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